[AISWorld] CFP: Research Development Workshop (Virtual) for Doctoral Students - 2021 Pre-ICIS SIGDSA Symposium

[Deokar, Amit]

The  2021 Pre-ICIS SIGDSA Symposium on Analytics and AI for a Sustainable
and Resilient Future will be held VIRTUALLY on December 11-12, 2021. The
symposium will be held in conjunction with the Association for Information
System’s International Conference on Information Systems scheduled for
December 12-15, 2021 (Austin, Texas). We welcome your participation and
attendance at this exciting symposium.

*** Research Development Workshop for Doctoral Students ***
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This workshop is an opportunity for doctoral students to share their
research and receive feedback from leading researchers in the field of
decision support, data science, and business analytics.
As part of this session, students working on decision support and analytics
related research topics will have an opportunity to present their work to a
panel of senior scholars in these areas and they will receive feedback as
part of a virtual roundtable discussion.
This workshop will provide scholars with an opportunity to meet and network
with established IS researchers as well as early career researchers working
in their field of interest.

Prof. Michael Goul Research Development Award:
A submission from the research development workshop will be selected for
the “Research Development Award” recognition at the symposium. The
objective of this award is to encourage doctoral students to present novel
and high-quality research ideas. Awards will be given on a competitive
basis.

Eligibility
To be considered for the research development award, a student must be:
- A doctoral student in IS or related field in good standing at their
institution
- Available to attend and present at the Research Development Workshop at
the Pre-ICIS SIGDSA symposium
- All submitted for award consideration will be reviewed by a special
SIGDSA committee as designated by the workshop chairs.

Submission Requirements and Format
- Submit a 2-3 pages extended abstract (excluding references) through the
submission system.
- Submissions should specify “Research Development Workshop” as the
submission type underneath the paper title.
- Submissions must include a title, author names, abstract, and keywords.
- Submissions should one or more sections as relevant to your extended
abstract. The extended abstract should outline the motivation for your
research, the research objectives, methodology, and expected contribution.

NOV 26, 2021: Deadline for submitting extended abstracts for the
Development Workshop (Doctoral Students) (11:59 pm PST)

NOV 30, 2021: Acceptance decisions communicated for the Development
Workshop (Doctoral Students)

DEC 11 AND 12, 2021: Pre-ICIS SIGDSA Symposium

Research Development Workshop Co-chairs
For questions regarding the submissions to the research development
workshop, please
contact:
- Ciara Heavin, c.heavin at ucc.ie, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Amit Deokar, Amit_Deokar at uml.edu, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
We recommend including ‘Pre-ICIS SIGDSA 2021 Doctoral Research Development
Workshop’ as your email subject line.